TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- The mother of three children killed this week in what Ohio police believe was a murder-suicide says her mother and brother weren't in their "right minds" when the deaths occurred. Police say notes found at a Toledo house indicate the children's grandmother and uncle planned to kill themselves and the children by funneling fumes from a pickup truck into a car where their five bodies were found. The children's mother, Mandy Hayes, tells WTOL-TV in Toledo her mom was her best friend and she was close to her brother. Investigators and family friends say the murder-suicide appears to stem from a family disagreement over where the children should live. The children had been living with Hayes' mother the past three years. Hayes had decided recently to take the children back home.

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